| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
Jan 29th, 2019 |
|
Quantic Dream
NetEase
|
Not disclosed
|
| NetEase has invested in Dave Cage's Quantic Dream |
|
Jan 24th, 2019 |
|
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Fortnite firm Epic acquires Agog Labs and 3Lateral, partners with Appodeal |
|
Jan 10th, 2019 |
investment |
Tencent
Fatshark
|
$0m
36m
|
| Report: Tencent takes 36 per cent bite out of Warhammer Vermintide studio Fatshark |
|
Jan 8th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Audiokinetic
Sony Interactive Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| PlayStation has bought Wwise firm Audiokinetic but tech will still be available for all platforms |
|
Jan 9th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Introversion Software
Paradox Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Paradox Interactive acquires Prison Architect IP |
|
Jan 3rd, 2019 |
acquisition |
Rebellion
|
Not disclosed
|
| Rebellion snaps up Yorkshire studio TickTock Games |
|
Dec 24th, 2018 |
investment |
Discord
|
$150m
|
| Games chat platform Discord pulls in $150m investment |
|
Dec 21st, 2018 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$4.3m
|
| Marketing firm Sunny Side Up acquired by Keywords Studios |
|
Dec 19th, 2018 |
partnership |
Rovio
|
Not disclosed
|
| Rovio partners with Resolution Games to bring Angry Birds to virtual reality |
|
Dec 4th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Ubisoft
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ubisoft announces plans to acquire server firm i3D.net |
|
Dec 4th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Stainless Games
THQ Nordic
|
Not disclosed
|
| THQ Nordic snaps up Carmageddon IP |
|
Nov 27th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Wargaming
Edge Case Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| World of Tanks firm Wargaming snaps up Fractured Space firm Edge Case Games |
|
Nov 20th, 2018 |
acquisition |
VR Focus
Admix
|
Not disclosed
|
| Mixed reality media outlet VRFocus snapped up by Admix |
|
Nov 14th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Bugbear Entertainment
THQ Nordic
Coffee Stain Studios
|
Not disclosed
|
| THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear |
|
Nov 11th, 2018 |
acquisition |
inXile Entertainment
Xbox Game Studios
Obsidian Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile |
|
Nov 7th, 2018 |
investment |
Intel Capital
Overwolf
|
$16m
|
| Overlay platform Overwolf raises $16 million in Intel Capital-led funding round |
|
Nov 6th, 2018 |
investment |
Square Enix
|
Not disclosed
|
| Square Enix snaps up 20 per cent stake in Batallion 1944 dev Bulkhead Interactive |
|
Oct 26th, 2018 |
investment |
Epic Games
|
$1,250m
|
| Epic Games raises $1.25 billion in funding from seven new investors |
|
Oct 22nd, 2018 |
acquisition |
Fatshark
|
Not disclosed
|
| Vermintide developer Fatshark acquires Stockholm's A Sweet Studio |
|
Oct 18th, 2018 |
investment |
Behaviour Interactive
GAEA Mobile
|
Not disclosed
|
| China's GAEA snaps up 20 per cent stake in Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive |
|
Oct 12th, 2018 |
investment |
Newzoo
|
Not disclosed
|
| Reddit and Conde Nast owner Advance snaps up majority stake in research firm Newzoo |
|
Oct 9th, 2018 |
partnership |
CD Projekt Red
|
Not disclosed
|
| CD Projekt RED announces partnership with Digital Scapes for Cyberpunk 2077 |
|
Oct 9th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
Kamu
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic buys games security firm Kamu |
|
Oct 3rd, 2018 |
investment |
Tencent
|
$317.6m
|
| Tencent invests $317.6 million in video sharing company and Chinese Overwatch League teamer owner Bilibili |
|
Oct 2nd, 2018 |
partnership |
Ubisoft
Google
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ubisoft and Google team up to stream Assassin's Creed Odyssey to Chrome |
|
Oct 1st, 2018 |
acquisition |
|
$1m
|
| Liquid Media snaps up 65 retro game IPs from Throwback for $1 million |
|
Sep 27th, 2018 |
acquisition |
Eko Software
Bigben Interactive
|
$10m
|
| French publisher Bigben acquires How to Survive developer Eko Software for $10 million |
|
Sep 26th, 2018 |
investment |
|
$1m
|
| Scottish developer Earthbound Games secures $987,000 to self-publish new projects |
|
Sep 20th, 2018 |
|
Atari
THQ Nordic
|
Not disclosed
|
| THQ Nordic has bought the Alone in the Dark IP from Atari |
|
Sep 19th, 2018 |
|
Riot Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Mastercard comes on board as League of Legends global sponsor |
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